State media identify suspect in Ryner killing and confirm that he is now in police custody

In relation to this week’s homicide, reports say that a suspect has
been taken into police custody.
 
The reports claim that the Villa man alleged to have committed
the killing is now being questioned by the Police after having been
picked up at his home.
 
According to State media, the suspect being questioned has been
identified as Eric Burton, who is well known to the courts.
 
Persons claim that it was Burton who stabbed Yorks Village
resident Jamal Ryner, 22, during an altercation on Tuesday night,
February 13, on lower Rowan Henry Street.

Ryner reportedly was stabbed in the chest and succumbed to his
injuries on the scene,

becoming the country’s second murder victim for 2024.

A post mortem to establish the exact cause of his death is
pending.